lamella

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It has no sticky lamellae on its feet for wall climbing, it has blinking eyelids, it tends to be more docile around humans.

From The Verge

Then liquid drains from the thin membranes, known as lamellae, that encase the individual bubbles until one of those lamellae thins too much to support the bubble.

From Scientific American

The disc is supported by a complex series of muscles and bones that create suction by erecting and depressing the lamellae.

From Scientific American

Gills or branchiae may be developed by parts of an appendage becoming thin-walled and vascular and either expanded into a thin lamella or ramified.

From Project Gutenberg

There are 21 and 23 lamellae beneath the fourth toe; each has 31 longitudinal rows of scales around the body.

From Project Gutenberg